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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
Although vitamin A is thought to influence growth, the relationship between maternal vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy and child growth is unknown. A longitudinal cohort study of 467 HIV-infected women and their children was conducted in Blantyre, Malawi. The children's weight and height were measured every 3 months until they were 24 months old. Maternal vitamin A deficiency was independently related to both linear and ponderal growth after adjustment for effects of body mass index, child gender, and child HIV status. By 12 months of age, infants born to mothers who were vitamin A-deficient during pregnancy weighed approximately 8% less (p < 0.001) and were approximately 2% shorter (p < 0.001) than infants born to mothers who were not deficient. This study suggests children born to HIV-infected women who are vitamin A-deficient during pregnancy are more likely to have growth failure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:keyword
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1077-9450
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: During November 1989-August 1991 in Malawi, 567 HIV- infected mothers delivered at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Anthropometric data on the children of HIV- infected mothers who were vitamin-A deficient were compared with similar data on those whose HIV-infected mothers were not vitamin-A deficient to determine whether maternal vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy is related to child growth failure. Children born to vitamin-A deficient mothers had lower linear and ponderal growth than those born to non-vitamin-A deficient mothers (e.g., at 12 months, about 0.7 kg less [8% lighter] and about 1 cm shorter [1-2% shorter]). Maternal vitamin A levels, body mass index, infant gender, infant age, and infant HIV status were significantly associated with both linear and ponderal growth. These findings indicate that maternal vitamin A deficiency in HIV-infected mothers has an independent negative effect on child growth. In sub-Saharan Africa and India, on-going studies are examining the influence of maternal vitamin A supplementation on child growth and child survival.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Maternal vitamin A deficiency and child growth failure during human immunodeficiency virus infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't